Marie Prevost
Born
November 7, 1896
Died
January 23, 1937 (40 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
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Marie Prevost (born Marie Bickford Dunn; November 8, 1896 - January 21, 1937) was a Canadian-born film actress. During her twenty-year career, she made 121 silent and talking pictures.
Prevost began her career during the silent film era. She was discovered by Mack Sennett who signed her to contract and made her one of his "Bathing Beauties" in the late 1910s. Prevost appeared in dozens of Sennett's short comedy films before moving on to feature length films for Universal. In 1922, she signed with Warner Bros. where her career flourished as a leading lady. She was a favorite of director Ernst Lubitsch who cast her in three of his comedy films; The Marriage Circle (1924), Three Women (1924) and Kiss Me Again (1925).
After being let go by Warner Bros in early 1926, Prevost's career began to decline and she was relegated to secondary roles. She was also beset with personal problems, including the death of her mother in 1926 and the breakdown of her marriage to actor Kenneth Harlan in 1927, which fueled her depression. She began to abuse alcohol and binge eat, resulting in a weight gain that made it difficult for her to secure acting jobs. By 1935, Prevost was only able to secure bit parts in films. She made her last onscreen appearance in 1936.
After years of drinking, Prevost died of acute alcoholism at the age of 38 in January 1937. Prevost's estate was valued at $300 since she had squandered most of her earnings. Her death prompted the Hollywood community to create the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital.
Known For
Death Scenes
1989
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(archive footage)
1943
Wedding Yells
Winifred Snood
1942
A Small Town Idol
Marcelle
1939
Ten Laps to Go
Elsie, Cafe Waitress
1936
13 Hours by Air
Waitress in Omaha
1936
Tango
Betty Barlow, Treasure's Roomate
1936
Hands Across the Table
Nona
1935
Keystone Hotel
Mrs. Clarabelle Sterling
1935
Only Yesterday
Amy (Uncredited)
1933
The Eleventh Commandment
Tessie Florin
1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
1933
Parole Girl
Jeanie
1933
Slightly Married
Nellie Gordon
1932
Carnival Boat
Babe
1932
Three Wise Girls
Dot
1932
Hell Divers
Lulu
1932
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Rosalie
1931
Reckless Living
Alice
1931
The Runaround
Margy
1931
Sporting Blood
Angela 'Angie' Ludeking
1931
The Good Bad Girl
Trixie Barnes
1931
It's a Wise Child
Annie Ostrom
1931
Gentleman's Fate
Mabel
1931
Paid
Agnes Lynch
1930
War Nurse
Rosalie
1930
Sweethearts on Parade
Nita
1930
Ladies of Leisure
Dot Lamarr
1930
Party Girl
Diana Hoster
1930
The Flying Fool
Pat Riley
1929
Divorce Made Easy
Mabel Deering
1929
All Faces West
Arleta Vance
1929
The Sideshow
Queenie Parker
1928
The Racket
Helen Hayes
1928
The Godless Girl
Mame
1928
A Blonde for a Night
Marie
1928
On to Reno
Vera
1928
The Rush Hour
Margie Dolan
1927
The Girl in the Pullman
Irene Burton
1927
Getting Gertie's Garter
Gertie Darling
1927
Man Bait
Madge Dreyer
1927
Almost a Lady
Marcia Blake
1926
Up in Mabel's Room
Mabel Ainsworth
1926
Other Women's Husbands
Kay Lambert
1926
The Cave Man
Myra Gaylord
1926
His Jazz Bride
Gloria Gregory
1926
Seven Sinners
Molly Brian
1925
Bobbed Hair
Connemara Moore
1925
Kiss Me Again
LouLou Fleury
1925
Recompense
Julie Gmelyn
1925
The Dark Swan
Eve Quinn
1924
The Lover of Camille
Marie Duplessis
1924
Three Women
Harriet
1924
Tarnish
Nettie Dark
1924
Cornered
1924
Being Respectable
Valerie Winship
1924
Daughters of Pleasure
Marjory Hadley
1924
How to Educate a Wife
Mabel Todd
1924
The Hollywood Kid
Self
1924
The Marriage Circle
Mizzi Stock
1924
The Wanters
Myra Hastings
1923
Red Lights
Ruth Carson
1923
Brass
Marjorie Jones
1923
Heroes of the Street
Betty Benton
1922
The Beautiful and Damned
1922
The Married Flapper
Pamela Billings
1922
Her Night of Nights
Molly May Mahone
1922
Kissed
1922
A Parisian Scandal
1921
Nobody's Fool
1921
Moonlight Follies
Nan Rutledge
1921
Call a Cop
The Banker's Daughter
1921
She Sighed by the Seaside
The Beach Girl
1921
A Small Town Idol
Marcelle Mansfield
1921
Down on the Farm
The Faithful Wife
1920
Why Beaches Are Popular
Bathing Girl
1919
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
A Daughter of Belgium
1919
Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6
Herself
1919
She Loved Him Plenty
1918
His Hidden Purpose
The Girl in the Case
1918
Two Crooks
The Girl
1917
Secrets of a Beauty Parlor
Lady Platt's Niece
1917
Her Nature Dance
The Cashier
1917
Sunshine
1916
Unto Those Who Sin
Celeste
1916